[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 160 (Friday, August 18, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47867-47868]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-6991]


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DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS


Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission; Notice of Meeting

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) gives notice under Public 
Law 92-463 (Federal Advisory Committee Act) that the Veterans' 
Disability Benefits Commission has scheduled a southern regional town 
hall meeting on Tuesday, September 5, 2006, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m., 
at the Marriott Atlanta Century Center, 2000 Century Boulevard, NE.,

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Atlanta, GA. The meeting is open to the public.
    The purpose of the Commission is to carry out a study of the 
benefits under the laws of the United States that are provided to 
compensate and assist veterans and their survivors for disabilities and 
deaths attributable to military service.
    The Commission is conducting the final of eight fact-finding, data-
gathering site visits throughout the United States. The Atlanta area 
was selected based on criteria that included the concentration of 
veterans, active-duty service members and National Guard and Reserves, 
and the location of Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Health 
Administration, and Department of Defense (DoD) facilities, with 
particular interest in transition activities. The goal of this visit is 
to allow the commissioners the opportunity to tour local VA and DoD 
facilities; examine the processes in place which assist disabled 
veterans and service members, and survivors in their efforts to obtain 
benefits and to present these individuals and the general public with 
an opportunity to learn about the work of the Commission and to offer 
comments in face-to-face forums.
    Interested person may attend and present oral statements to the 
Commission. Time for each oral presentation will be limited to five 
minutes or less, depending on the number of participants. Interested 
parties may provide written comments for review by the Commission prior 
the meeting, by e-mail to: [email protected] or by 
mail to: Mr. Ray Wilburn, Executive Director, Veterans' Disability 
Benefits Commission, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 5th Floor, 
Washington, DC 20004.

    Dated: August 11, 2006.

    By Direction of the Secretary.
E. Philip Riggin,
Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 06-6991 Filed 8-17-06; 8:45 am]
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